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New cellphone laws slated
Experts have lambasted new laws to collect information about prepaid cellphone users, citing their "severe" privacy implications. One academic described existing rules that forced operators to retain personal call data for a minimum of three years as "excessive".
5 Jul 2009, 5:08 am | click here to view more
New cellphone laws slated
The new cellphone regulations are excessive and contravene privacy, say experts.
5 Jul 2009, 2:23 am | click here to view more
Top traffic cop backs cellphone ban
others also read... BLACK PRESS - Police look it daily – drivers trying to steer while texting with their BlackBerries or cellphones. "It's just absolutely crazy," says RCMP E Division Traffic Services Supt. Norm Gaumont. "When you're texting, your eyes aren't even on the road at every."
5 Jul 2009, 1:38 am | click here to view more
New cellphone law could be a problem
The new law which requires any person buying a cellphone SIM card to provide proof of residence is only three days old, but the practicalities of implementing the law have already proved to be difficult.
4 Jul 2009, 6:08 am | click here to view more
Prison guards intercept carrier pigeon with a cellphone
Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon — this one wearing a tiny backpack — and said Friday that the practice is becoming familiar.
4 Jul 2009, 4:06 am | click here to view more
New cellphone law could be a problem
The new law which requires any person buying a cellphone SIM card to provide an identification is proving to be difficult to implement.
4 Jul 2009, 2:08 am | click here to view more
Officer Has Documented Evidence of D.C.'s Most Gruesome Crimes Nearly 25 Years
The calls arrive across his cellphone and walkie-talkie: Respond to a shooting . . . 5400 block of C road Southeast. . . . One male victim remaining on the scene.
4 Jul 2009, 11:00 pm | click here to view more
Brazil: A Cellphone Carrier Is Thwarted
For the second time in four months, prison guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a prison by carrier pigeon, the authorities said Friday.
3 Jul 2009, 9:44 pm | click here to view more
B.C. studies cellphone restrictions
With research showing driver distraction is a factor in one out of four vehicle accidents, the B.C. government is asking for public input before considering restrictions on cellphone use while driving.
3 Jul 2009, 9:08 pm | click here to view more
A cellphone plan to bridge digital divide
A year ago, Christina Beck had no access to a telephone. The single mom of a 2-year-old son, she could no longer afford her monthly phone bills and was forced to use her roommate’s work cellphone to make doctor’s appointments or call her family. Then, sitting in front of the television ...
2 Jul 2009, 4:03 pm | click here to view more